, 1887-06-02

CNyH, president OF "OtlN fLAHhiNioN'
the St. Faai railway, and are arcompan-
ied 10y Il chef ami a r5tiEuc of servants.
They Were paid IHany attentions as they
ipUr;ieYel through the south, and were
rendered formal receptions i'll Atlanta, New
Orleans and other places. II is curious fact
;ilat this Is the first time i'll his life that one
Important member of the party has been paid
any public attention. John Plankinton is
the member / refer TO. Newspaper readers
everywhere are familiar with the portraits
and careers of the ArmcuTs. Phil Armour
the pork packer, is the most conspicuous man
in :ila west. He is Just now being bOycOtteG
10y the entire order Of TIE knights of Labor
and his name, and his meats, too, have been
in the mouths of the people from one end OF
the country TO the other. His wealth Is
counted hy the millions and he employs an
army of &poUO wOrlmen. And yet John
Piankinton. the man who gave him his start
IN life, who backed his daring specuiations
and was his business partner for SO many
years, is hot known by sight outside of Mil
Waukee, except TO his personal friends and
business acquaintance, and he has lived
for sixty odd years so quietly and
unOStentatiously that a sketch of his remark
able career has never been printed. He is
cas- : worth $lG,ItG,000, and until he turned
tie auik of his business over to the ArmourS
was the head of the largest pork and pTovi-
s5"n packing house in the wOrl3-Piaitl,inton
Armour & Co As long ago rs 1850 his house
WIS doing business of Si5 !gu. 800 YEAR
kir. PiaHki,ton is n self made man He be
gan at tie lotion of the !adtier and long ago
reached the top round. He is about GG years
OF age and Is as homely as he IS honest In
personal appearance he is fully six feet it,
height, as straight as an arrow and as active
and full of life as a man of 81 His face i
smooth, and its most marked characteristic Is
very long nose. \ Cincinnati reporter,
who interviewed the party as they passed
through that city on the way south, said he
saw MIR. PiankintOn's nose long before he
saw the rest Of lis body. His hair is worn
moderately long and is rapidly silvering
He wears good clothes and is scr1u,a!uusly
neat This man has had a most remarkable
career. He was born in Newcastle county
Del, March Is, 1920, and came west in 1874
That year he left PittSbUTg and landed i'll
Milwaukee. The place was a mere village
The young man leased ground and opened a
butcher shop He killed tie CRITTERS" linn
self, waitei upon his customers and lived
over his shop. He was industrious frugal,
honest and obliging. He made friends and
money from the start and he saved what he
made. He ran his little shop until 1Sl0 when
ne commenced the SlGuShterIng and packing
business. IN 1868 Phil Armour then ru,.,'v
faced young Scotcknan, Was li-en mic part
nership and the business from that time on
fairly doomed. Branch packing houses
were started in Chicago, Kansas City, st,
Louis, Cincinnati and otll-r p!Jrss, and busi.
ness offices opened i'll NV York, Liverpool
and London The firm did ali inurllse bust
ness. They speculatcd Ike fury, cormered
the markets time and time again AMI made
millions Tie great corners were supposed
to be Armour'S, but Plaukinton was really
the power behind the throne